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Quotation from Generation of Animals by Aristotle
“But the greyness of hair which is due to age results from weakness and deficiency of heat”
Generation of Animals, Book V, Ch. 4 (784a), trans. Arthur Platt (1910)
His account of greying as a failure of concoction, distinguished from greyness caused by disease.
Citation: "But the greyness of hair which is due to age results from weakness and deficiency of heat" — Aristotle, Generation of Animals, Book V, Ch. 4 (784a), trans. Arthur Platt (1910). (id aristotle-generation-of-animals-q13)
